Hunter Vorbroker, Jared Bohl, Katie Medaris, Jenna Bankert Summary of Civilization: The Chavin was one earliest cilizations in the new world. The Chavins lived during the time of 1,000 - 200b.c. The Chavins had a priest who to today would be like our president. The priest used power of the mind not of war to rule the Chavin people. It is thought that there were about 3,000 people who lived in Chavin. Chavin was the religious center in that area.
The house of chavin civilization
Geography: The Chavin culture existed in what is known as Peru. Peru is made of three different types of landforms; the Pacific coast, the Andes mountains, and the Amazonian lowlands. The largest city of the Chavin was 3,150 meters tall in the Andes mountains. The Chavin region was a very hilly region. Despite these conditions, it is thought that Chavin civilization grew because of the of the people of the three different regions. Climate: The coast is generally sunny and hardly ever receives any rain, but from April to November there is a heavy sea mist. The highlands have a wet season (October to April) and a dry season (May to September), when the days are clear and sunny but very cold at night especially at altitude. The average temperature 65 degrees to 75 degrees fahrenheit and nights 38 degrees.
Art and Architecture: The Chavin were known greatly for their beautiful art. They made cats, crocodiles, and serpents. Jaguars are also common images. One of the most know pieces of art was Lenzone. It is about 15 feet tall and on it there are engravings of jaguars and serpent like features. Warrior heads, pottery, and shell instruments were also found in the underground tunnels or galleries.
Chavin's architecture was very interesting. At Chavin they had most of their art in underground tunnels or galleriers. They had all of their art in underground places where they manipulated sound and light which creating illusions. Also, there was random staircases that would just go halfway to the ground. The archeologists think that the priest would stand at the end of the staircase and speak to his people. Before you would enter Chavin there is a huge plaza. The plaza is about the size of a football field that is almost perfectly squared. Underneath the plaza there is a foundation that is made out of big rocks and boulders. Culture(Religion, Customs, Food, ect.): In the early age of the Chavin culture, it was a wandering group of hunters and gathers. It then turned into a city with the development of agriculture and cattle raising. The Chavin people also learned how to make metal and to weave textiles As the town grew, it became a center of religious and warrior organization. The Chavin warshipped a jaguar-man god and this suggests there might have been some kind of cultural contact between the two groups.
Technology (Farming, hunting?): The Chavin people invented many technologies. They used textile innovations such as camelid hair in cotton textiles,tapestry,warp wrapping and the heddle loom transformed the Andean textile tradition. In metal making, they used three dimensional forms, soldering, sweating, welding and silver-gold alloys. EasyBib: the bibliography maker. References:
Summary of Civilization:
The Chavin was one earliest cilizations in the new world. The Chavins lived during the time of 1,000 - 200b.c. The Chavins had a priest who to today would be like our president. The priest used power of the mind not of war to rule the Chavin people. It is thought that there were about 3,000 people who lived in Chavin. Chavin was the religious center in that area.
Geography:
The Chavin culture existed in what is known as Peru. Peru is made of three different types of landforms; the Pacific coast, the Andes mountains, and the Amazonian lowlands. The largest city of the Chavin was 3,150 meters tall in the Andes mountains. The Chavin region was a very hilly region. Despite these conditions, it is thought that Chavin civilization grew because of the of the people of the three different regions.
Climate:
The coast is generally sunny and hardly ever receives any rain, but from April to November there is a heavy sea mist. The highlands have a wet season (October to April) and a dry season (May to September), when the days are clear and sunny but very cold at night especially at altitude. The average temperature 65 degrees to 75 degrees fahrenheit and nights 38 degrees.
Art and Architecture:
The Chavin were known greatly for their beautiful art. They made cats, crocodiles, and serpents. Jaguars are also common images. One of the most know pieces of art was Lenzone. It is about 15 feet tall and on it there are engravings of jaguars and serpent like features. Warrior heads, pottery, and shell instruments were also found in the underground tunnels or galleries.
Chavin's architecture was very interesting. At Chavin they had most of their art in underground tunnels or galleriers. They had all of their art in underground places where they manipulated sound and light which creating illusions. Also, there was random staircases that would just go halfway to the ground. The archeologists think that the priest would stand at the end of the staircase and speak to his people. Before you would enter Chavin there is a huge plaza. The plaza is about the size of a football field that is almost perfectly squared. Underneath the plaza there is a foundation that is made out of big rocks and boulders.
Culture(Religion, Customs, Food, ect.):
In the early age of the Chavin culture, it was a wandering group of hunters and gathers. It then turned into a city with the development of agriculture and cattle raising. The Chavin people also learned how to make metal and to weave textiles As the town grew, it became a center of religious and warrior organization. The Chavin warshipped a jaguar-man god and this suggests there might have been some kind of cultural contact between the two groups.
Technology (Farming, hunting?):
The Chavin people invented many technologies. They used textile innovations such as camelid hair in cotton textiles,tapestry,warp wrapping and the heddle loom transformed the Andean textile tradition. In metal making, they used three dimensional forms, soldering, sweating, welding and silver-gold alloys.
References:
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"Chavín Culture." Chavín Culture. 2000. Comercializadora Electrónica de Turismo S.A.C. 2008 http://www.go2peru.com/webapp/ilatintravel/articulo.jsp?cod=19988101.
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Margolies, Luise. "Chavin." Chavin. Indiana University Press. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/cultures/chavin.html.
Rick, John. "ChavÍn de HuÁntar, Peru A Pre-Columbian World Heritage Treasure." ChavÍn de HuÁntar, Peru A Pre-Columbian World Heritage Treasure. 2007. Stanford University. http://www.globalheritagefund.org/where/chavin.html
Keatinge, Richard W. Peruvian Prehistory. 30 Sept. 2008 <http://books.google.com/books?id=qtwvy7movt8c&pg=pa129&lpg=pa129&dq=chavin+technology&source=web&ots=jol9lcngk2&sig=nmn7k43vqlpifzon1lrlmapbbrk